Penske Truck Leasing breaks
ground on new district office at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley

August, 2016…Mobile, AL: The Mobile Airport Authority (MAA) is
pleased to announce that Penske Truck Leasing has broken ground on a brand new district
office that will provide full-service truck leasing, contract maintenance,
consumer and commercial truck rental.

Penske’s current facility, located at
the center of the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley on Broad Street and Aerospace
Drive, will move to the new and larger location on Perimeter Road when it is
completed next year.

Penske’s new 19,000-square-foot
facility will include truck service bays, a wash bay and fuel island on its
6.5-acre site. Construction is underway
and is being conducted by Rogers and Willard.

"We are pleased to be a part of the
ongoing growth and development of the Mobile Aeroplex,” said Kerry Gilbert, Area
Vice President for Penske. "This new location within the complex will provide
convenient accessibility for our customers, as well as a brand new facility
configured to provide the latest technology to service vehicles.”

"Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley has
changed significantly over the last three years and will continue to do
so. A metamorphosis like this is only possible
by forging win-win partnerships, that allow each actor to achieve their
strategic objectives in harmony. We are
excited that Penske will remain a part of this amazing journey well into the
future. Our industry needs it’s world class logistics solutions and services,”
state Roger Wehner, Executive Director of the Mobile Airport Authority.

Established in 1980, The Mobile Airport
Authority (MAA) operates the Mobile Regional Airport, a 3,000-acre commercial
airport and industrial complex, the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley and the
adjacent Mobile Downtown Airport, a combined 1,700-acre complex. The Airport Authority is self-sustaining and
does not receive any operational funding from taxpayers. The Aeroplex offers
compelling land, sea, air and ground logistical solutions. It has long been home to several MRO
operations and FAA Part 145 repair stations.
FEDEX, Continental Motors, VT MAE, Star Aviation and Aerostar all call
the Aeroplex home employing over 2,000 people.
Most recently, Airbus chose Mobile and MAA’s Mobile Aeroplex as its
first final assembly line in North America.
The $600 million dollar facility produces the A320 family of
aircraft. The complex is now home to
many of the world’s leading aerospace suppliers and growing daily. The airport authority has a broad spectrum of
turnkey solutions from single office common use services, to build-to-suit
lease back programs.

For more information:

Please contact Roger Wehner, Executive Director at 251 438-7334 or Brian
Belcher, Director of Marketing & Air Service Development at 251 639-4680 brianb@mobairport.com.

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